New Takamizawa variable (TmzV870) Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the discovery of a new variable star (TmzV870). TmzV870 = GSC4032.1186 015615.79 +600103.9 (2000.0) 12.05 1 N = IRAS01527+5946 015247.3 +594624 (1950.0) F12=1.44 F25=0.83 F60=0.40L F100=10.96L VAR= 0 LRS=-1 possibly IIIa: variable star with more evolved O-rich c.s. shell or VIb: variable star with relatively hot dust close to the star and relatively cold dust at large distance may be O-rich or VII: variable star with more evolved C-rich circumstellar shell = 015615.0 +600102 (2000.0) MSX5C_G130.9520-01.8412 -29 -15 1 1 -1 -4 V(%):-:-:1:-:-:- = 015616.1 +600103 (2000.0) IRAS01527+5946 1.444 0.845 0.400L 11.470L 0% = 015616.1 +600103 (2000.0) SSC01527+5946 1.444 0.845 0.400L 11.470L Takamizawa's comment: The star may be a semiregular variable with a range of 12.4-13.8p. Photographic magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code TmzV870 19950127.432 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19960922.656 137p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19970613.737 138p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19970811.675 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19971218.478 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19980116.420 127p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19980629.693 134p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19980820.646 124p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19990724.672 125p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 19991128.440 135p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 20000902.678 129p Tmz.VSOLJ TmzV870 20011023.605 136p Tmz.VSOLJ Observer's code: Tmz: K.Takamizawa (Saku-machi,Nagano,Japan) SASS (Saku All Sky Survey) Inst.: 10cmR F4 twin patrol cameras and 25cm F2.8 Baker-Schmidt camera T-Max400 120 Comparison stars mag.:GSC Relayed from Kesao Takamizawa <k-takamizawa@nifty.ne.jp>